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...literary societies of our colleges are chiefly of two sorts - either devoted to the reading of essays and other similar literary productions written by the students, or else consisting of formal debates on subjects of small general interest. Societies of both these sorts have been tried at the Johns Hopkins University, all commencing most promisingly, but invariably dying a natural death within a few months. Interest flagged after the first few meetings, while the students had too much to do to spend time in preparing essays or reading up for fixed topics of debate...
...well-grounded complaint is heard in regard to the amount of work required in History 13. This course, in previous years, has been noted as unduly hard and exacting. It has required more hours of work than the average course, to do the required reading, not to mention the general outside work which all ambitious students wish to do. The changes inaugurated for this year have increased the demands formerly made on the student. To do the minimum amount of reading on the average lecture and make notes of the matter read, requires from two to three hours...
...catalogue is now published and on sale. While its more general features are the same as those of last year's catalogue, a few noticeable changes in its contents deserve attention. In addition to the facts stated in our review in another column, we note that some of the elective courses have been slightly changed and a few newly numbered. The Dante prize which has already been noticed, is one of the most marked additions of the new issue. But perhaps the most striking change is the large number of new names which appear in the lists of the upper...
Doubtless general interest is at once directed to the summary of instructors, students, etc., in the different departments of the university. The college has: seniors, 232; juniors, 236; sophomores, 232; freshmen, 258, and special students, 110. Total, 1068. Students in other departments are apportioned as follows: Divinity, 25, Law, 154; Scientific, 22; Medical, 264; Dental, 33; Graduates, 72. The Bussey Institution and the School of Veterinary Medicine have 4 and 27 students respectively. With the officers of government and instruction, the total number in the university is 1662, an increase of 76 over the total for 1884-85. These figures...
Other matters of general interest are these, The number of bound volumes in the several libraries is 304,809; the number in Gore Hall being 232,800. In 1884-85 these numbers were 290,800 and 220,300 respectively. Among the list of prizes, etc., appears the announcement of the Dante Society, already discussed in these columns. Other features of the catalogue are substantially the same as last year. The dignified form of a bound volume, and the patriotic color are still preserved. Another year has but to pass before no class in college will have its memory stained...